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    " Religious Equality."—Mr. Sharmaii Craw...

    « „ t and denied all knowledge of the affair—but her evidence was t SC t taken on oath . The case was consequentl y dismissed . The case 1 , 0 n ° ;^ t brought before Mr . Ryan , E . M ., who , believing it had been In Previously dismissed - by Mr . D ' Arey on sworn testimony , refused to d pertain it- Dempsey next memorialised the Lord Lieutenant on the al W ^ detailill S aIlthe circumstances , and the-memorial bavin * te ken referred to Sir D . M'Gregor , that officer sent a reply to Demp < e , ^ stating that the police at Loughrea would afford him every M facilitv in having the matter properly investigated , as there was no ffi : iiJi to screen the accused . Dempsey waited on Mr . Coffey with this re f e' ) lV , ^ t that gen tleman refused to have any more to do with the 4 ii'i ' . As a dernier ressort , a process was -issued by the uncle

    \ o gainst the constable , to be tried at the present Quarter Sessions of fr Gort , aud Mr . Donelan , solicitor , engaged to conduct the case . A B notice was served for a jury , and Dempsey-was to have proceeded to G fiort on yesterday . On the previous night , however , the girl abc ' c c ' conded from his house , and has not been heard of up to the time our c ( Correspondent forwarded his letter last ni ght . The affair has created a a oreat sensation at Loughrea , and undoubtedl y wears the aspect of £ fori dealing in some quarte 1 ' —especially when taken in connexion v with the faefc that the woman Rafferty was sent out of the country in 1 last Jul }' - We trust tue matter will be thoroughly sifted by the j authorities , for , as it stands at present , it is extremely calculated to

    i reflect discredit upon a very valuable body of men . —Galway Jfe ? . of Saturday .

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    THE FATAL DUEL AT E-GHAM . FUNEKAL OF THE DECEASED . ' The remains of Mons . Frederick Cournet , who was killed in the fetal duel near Engletield Green , was interred on Sunday afternoon , in JSgham church-yard . Great numbers of Frenchmen arrived b y the 11 . 38 train at the Staines station , and proceeded to Egham , when they partook of some refreshment at the King ' s Head and C atherine Wheel inns . They then walked to the Barley Mow , at

    ]• ng lefield-green , where the body of the deceased was lying , and where the necessary arrangements for the funeral had been made by }[ r . Oades , of Egham . Soon after one o'clock the procession started , and presented a most novel and imposing appearance . The corpse to borne on the shoulders of six countrymen , of the deceased , ' and the distance being something more than a mile and a half , five different panics relieved each other on the way . At the head of the procession was carried a large fed flag , hung with black crape , and Leaving the % inscription " Republique Democratique et Sociale . " About 150 { Frenchmen followed , their head * uncovered , and their

    wliole demeanour showing the sincerity of their sorrow . Amongst those Avho took part in the melancholy ceremony were MM . Ledru Rollin , Sirhcelcher , Savoye , Terrier , Felix Pyat , Astrix , Holland , Xavier Danieir , Martin , Bernard , andPfleiger , formerly representatives of the people in France : and several political writers , including Deleschwe , Canaigne , Racquet , Pubyrolles , and others . The grave was dag at the further tnd of the churchyard , ' and by the time the corpse , with the procession , arrived at the spot , every part of the burial ground , and the approaches to the church , were crowded with

    . spectators . Colonel Salwey , Captain Seymour , Sir John Cathcart , W . Xewnham , Esq ., and several others of the nei ghbouring gentry were present . No burial service was read , but after the cofrhi had been lowered into the grave Citizen Delescluze pronounced the following cloge in French : — " Citizens , —In the presence of justice this day arrested—in the presence of an instruction commencedevery one will understand the sentiment of high delicacy which

    obliges us to be silent before this grave , around winch so many regrets and sympathies are crowded . The feeling must be indeed imperative which compels us to be silent . What , however , would be the use of breaking that silence ? To speak of the cruel loss which democracy has just experienced ! Is not every true republican conscience ^ acquainted with Cournet ? That great heart— -that soul so sympathetic—that daring so heroic in danger , which at the age of nineteen illustrated one of the most brilliant careers in the French

    navy . What true republican conscience does not . know the eminent services which Frederick Cournet has since rendered to democracy , and those which he would hare rendered lier stm ? Yes Cournet was a great and courageous citizen , and the name which he leaves to his son as his only fortune is one of those ^ hieh will remain as the symbol of political honesty and of an unlimited devotion to the cause of the people . On his deathbed one thought alone occupied Let ive himhen

    Cournet—the republic and the revolution . us g , t , the only farewell worthy of him by repeating the last words that fell from his lips—' ' Vive la Republique , democratique et sociale . '" A loud cheer from the assembled mourners then broke m upon the solemnity of the scene , the red flag was furled , and the churchyard was speedily deserted . The friends of- the deceased afterwards re-assembled at the Catherine Wheel , which resounded . with their ejaculations for another hour or two , and then the red republicans departed , as

    uiey came , by railway for London . THE IN QUEST . On Tuesday , the inquest was resumed by the coroner , Mr . C . S . Woods , at the Barleymow , where the death took p lace . As will be seen . tbfe ( evidence adduced has cleared up much of the doubt and mystery which hung over the case . The jury have returned a verdict of « Wdful Murder against the four prisoners in custody , and a fifth whose name has not been divulged . ' It will also be perceived that there are strong reasons to suspect that the duel was not fairly conducted , one of the pistols used on the occasion having been returned to the owner of them , loaded in such a way that it could not be discharged . The first witness called was

    Henry Hand , secretary to Mr . Green , of the ^ ^ bhoonng-gaUery , Leicester-Mprnre , who proved that ' on Monday evening , the 18 th inst ., about halfpast 7 o'clock , three foreigners came into the gallery to hire pistols for practice , " and they bad a pair on leaving a deposit of £ 8 . He produced the pistols , which were rifled duelling pistols , and were those used m the gallery . Witness also produced the memorandum g , ven by him for the deposit , and stated that the p istols were returned about 5 o clock on Tuesday evening by a person who appeared to be a porter or waiter at one or the hotels . In delivering them he stated that one was loaded , and witness : _ . i . , , . i __ _„ j j ™™ t ^ olvirrftl to see that the bal l was drawn . immediatel the rod down the barrel to see that the Dau was arawu .

    y passed Witness then put a cap on to fire it off , but the cap exploded without a discharge . Witness then put some powder in , but with the same result ; and , having drawn the charge , he now produced the rag which he , found iu the breech , behind the ball , occupying there the space whtch should have been filled by the powder . With a smaller piece of rag the powder might have got down , but with so large a p iece it was nest to an > W ^ ^ There Vas a charge of powder in the barrel after the rag , and then tje ball , which he handed to the coroner . ( Witness explained how he found the rag folded up and twisted in the barrel , and expressed his belief that « could not have been left there accidentally in cleaning . ) Witnes ^ had tried to find the man who brought back the pistols , but had failed to do so .

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    I * $£ , p 1 r r f e t - a ; , were unioaded ^ *** **» the galleiy . A powder-flask and two dozen caps a „ d bullets were taken a the same t , me . One of . the three foreigners returned i „ about an hour m ^ bl t ° W V f ed 0 D Mon «<> «« -d he wanted som STlSr AT T f * ne 8 S ^ 10 * . 12 . Witness identified f S « ad £ rt r rt r ^ ° ° ^ Prls ° nerS ; he * identi " fad a handbill which Allam had in his possession , and which witness gave hmvas a wrapper for the balls . Witness wa * frequently in the habit of en < hDg fire-arms , and required no names to begiven , being content with the deposit . No ramrod was given with the pistols , which had been in use a quarter of an hour before they were lent , and were not cleaned previously . Witness had seen one of the persons who took the pistols away

    Mr . Ashurst , appearing for the prisoners Allain and Barronet , cross-examined the witness , whostated that the pistols had been cleaned on the Monday mormng , but not again before they left the gallery . When pistols were cleaned it was always with tow , and never with a rag like that prod uced . He could not swear to more than one of the persons . The pistols were sent away in a piece of brown paper—not in a bag . Guisland Patrice Denis , a Roman Catholic , and native of France , examined through an interpreter , said that he resided at 53 Old

    Compton-, street , Soho , where he kept a restaurant . He knew the deceased Frederick Cournet , but did not know how long he had been residing in this country —to his knowledge , however , 9 or 10 months . Witness also knew Emanuel Barthelemy , Edmund Alkin , and Barronet . Barthelemy came to England about three weeks or a month ago . He came direct to the house of witness on his arrival , and witness had seen him twice since , when he slept there . He had also been there on another occasion . Witness did

    not recollect Barthelemy telling him the reason why he came over . He remembered Bartheleemy when he came to his house first writing a letter , which he said he could not terminate until he looked at the last which he had received from M . Cournet . He also said he . must show it to some one , and therefore he took it away unfinished . Witness then asked M . Barthelemy if he knew Cournet , and he said that he did not ; whereupon witness told him that he was a very fine and a very strong man . The Coroner . —Did he make any reply ?

    Witness . —Yes ; stretching out his hand towards the glass , as if firing a pistol , he said , " At this I don ' t fear the first comer . " ( Sensation . ) He then left , saying that in an hour and ah half he would bring the letter .. He , however , did not return until three or four days after . From the expressions which Barthelemy made use of when he first came to his house , witness understood him to have had a quarrel with Cournet . The Coroner . —Did anything ever pass as to a duel with Cournet ? Witness . —Not from Barthelemy direct , but froni Courriet , though he also judged from the ill-favoured expressions of the former that such a thing would take place . Barthelemy slept at his house on the night of

    Monday , the 18 th , and he supped before going to bed . Witness was present when he supped . Robiliard was also there , and slept in Barthelemy ' s room . Witness , however , did not hear what passed between them , as tbey spoke very low . Barthelemy left next morning at a quarter to 7 o ' clock , and his companion at half-past 11 . Four or five days previously Cournet told him that Barthelemy had been saying in certain society that he would burst his ( Cournet ' s ) ' belly . On the lith also Cournet , when he returned at night , remarked ,, ^ ' Thecow < ird would not accept me to-day ! " referring , as witness understood , to an arranged hostile meeting at Richmond , which however , did not take place .

    Louis Joseph Souli , a French advocate , residing at the Hotel d'Angleterre , Cranbourn-street , was examined through an interpreter , and was much affected in giving his evidence . He said that he was a friend of the deceased , M . Cournet , but did not know Barthelemy personally . - Three days before the death' of Cournet he communicated with witness , and said he had a desire to avoid the fatal rencontre , but it was impossible , for the terms of the offence were such that he could not withdraw or offer any explanation , and that the insult was in the nature of a menace . He knew

    M . Allain , and M . Barronet w his friend . Witness knew nothing as to the preliminary arrangements of the duel except what he had heard . French duels were always arranged in writing , and had their proceedings ba « ed on the same principle as the law .- When there was an opportunity there were two seconds or witnesses , but when there was difficulty only one . Among gentlemen , the privileged arras were pistols and swords , and they very seldom fought with two kinds of weapons j . but when both were coupled it . was generally a duel " to the death , " It was a general rule that the man had the choice of arms whose honor was attacked . It was

    very difficult at times to know who was first offended , and then the second « acted according to the law of equity . In the event of a person choosing pistols who was a good shot , the seconds increased the distance , and thus made the contest more equal . If the duel took place with pistols , the combatants were usually placed 40 yards apart , and walked a certain space towards each other , when they fired . Again , they sometimes drew lots as to who should fire first . It was the custom that the seconds should be charged with the loading of the pistols , and that in doing so they should show the powder and ball used . The general rule was , that each second should load the pistol of his principal , and it was always first ascertained if the pistols were clean .

    Joseph Joanny Pardigan , a bootmaker , residing at 78 , Wardour-street Oxford-street , said , he knew Barthelemy very well . He was an engineer , and witness was aware that he Wanted to fight M . Cournet . Witness saw him the day before the duel took place , but had no conversation with liini . M . Cournet had told witness that Barthelemy wanted to fight him . M . Naquet , the witness who refused to give evidence on the previous occasion , was here recalled , but it turned out , on examination that he knew nothing of the affair beyond having been told by M . Cournet that he was likely to fight a duel , This closed the evidence , and .

    The Coroner proceeded to sum up the case to the jury , going carefully through the depositions of the different witnesses , and pointing out its material portions He showed them that there were three things for them to ascertain- —first , the cause of death ; secondly , the person orpersons J who either caused or assisted at it ; and , lastly , the degree of criminality that attached to such person or persons . It was clear ., that the death liad been caused hy ai pistol-shot , and that , either as the principals or seconds , the four prisoners in ci ' istody were all present when the fatal wound was inflicted . In the eye of the law , all who participated in such acts were guilty of the crime of murder . , } The Jury , after deliberating ior a short tinie with closed doors , returned a verdict of " ' Wilful Murder" against the four prjisoners in custody , and a fifth , whose name was unknown to them . 1

    . Frederick Cournet was a noble and courageous man , and his death is an irre parable loss to' ' Republican cause . Our { readers will remember the pro ^ minent part taken by him in the events of DecemWr last , as recorded in the work of Xavier Durrien , which was reprinted in our icolums . And in nobleness and courage his youth equaled his riper manhood . When only 18 years of age , he and six other men in a boat took a Spanish frigate on the Tagus . For this gallant deed , in which Ins life underwent great trials , | he was decorated and rewarded hy the French nation with the . honorary distinction of the Legion ( VSonnour , and before he had attained his 21 st year , he was made a lieutenant in the navy by Admiral Eoussini , the minister of the marine service . under the government of Louis Piiilippe . The noble-hearted Cournet deserved a better fate !

    COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS . On Wednesday the townof Chertseywas in a state of great excitevnent , fc bavins been known that the four persons in custody were to undergo another examination in the Town Hall , and it reached a greater height from the extraordinary statement which came out at the inquest , held on the previous day , viz ., " that there was reason to believe that there had been some foul play , in consequence of one of ( he pistols having been so plugged up that it was impossible it could have " been discharged . Long before the

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    hour named ( twelve o ' clock ) , a great crowd had assembled in front of the Town Hall , and almost immediately afterwards the large building was The chair was taken by J . J . Briscoe , Esq ., and there were also present Colonel Challoner , Captain . Seymour , the Hon . Captain Cavendish , R . W . Edgell , Esq ., anclJ . Dobinson , Esq . ^ Among those present we , noticed several of the nobility and gentry of bnertsey , and the surrounding neighbourhood . 3 fr Parry appeared for Messrs . Barronet and Allain , and Mr .. Huddleston for the other two prisoners . The depositions of the various witnesses previously examined were read 0 v f i 5 ® ° ^ ly ^ dence containing any new facts is as follows

    r , . : Mons . Pardigon was examined through an interpreter named Bryan , and stated that on the evening of Monday , 18 th October , between-seven and eight o clock , he was requested by Allain , with whom he was on terms of mtimate friendship , to accompany him and another person to a gunsmith ' s . He had never seen Brisson before . Thev wished him to go with them to hire a pair of pistols , as neither of them spoke English . They desired to have new ones , but they could not find any new ones to be let . They then agreed to go to Leicester-square shooting gallery . Thev requested the master to let them have a pair , which they obtained . They deposited the price , £ 8 . The persons who were with him said thev must have the pistols under seal . They asked him if he ( witness ) had sealing-wax

    any He said he had some on his table . The persons put their fingers into the pistol barrels , and found that they were black , having been used that day . Both then said they must dry them , as they had been cleaned that morning . Each of them took a pistol and a piece of rag as large as a cambric handkerchief , which he gave them . [ The rag found in the pistol was here produced , and shown to the witness . ] He would not say , but it was like that produced . The rag was torn into slips , and after it was used they were thrown into the fire-place , as they were dirty . The rag was put in with

    a cane , which was longer than the pistol ; he had it at home . They blew into the mouth of the barrels ; their hands were on the nipples at the time ; they found the wind come out , and said , "It ' s well . " They said they must now seal up the pistols . They rolled them up in a large sheet of brown paper , and tied it up with string , and sealed it with thirteen seals . The pistols were then delivered to Brisson , and the seals to Allain . By Mr . Parry : The parties did everything which was just , fair , and honourable . ' The whalebone which was put into the pistols was rather pointed at the end . Ever since he had known Allain he had behaved

    himself as a gentleman . He could say the same of Barronet , whom he had known fourteen or fifteen months . Messrs . Parry and Huddleston having . addressed the bench , the prisoners were fully committed for trial . Sir . Parry then applied for a copy of the depositions , in order that an application might be made to the judges , and which Mr . Grazebrook , the clerk , said should be got ready as soon as possible . The court , which was densely crowded to tbe close , then broke up .

    LATEST PARTICULARS . Both at the inquest and at the examination on Wednesday an extraordinary sensation was created in consequence of that part of the evidence relative to a piece of rag having been found in one of the pistols , and which created a-strong suspicion that there had been foul play , and this was heightened by the evidence given by more than one individual , that only one shot was fired . The following extraordinary facts are obtained from a source which may be fully relied upon , and will most certainly place the rag in the pistol in quite another light to that which has already appeared . / When the parties met on the ground ( and there is now no longer any concealment that Bavthelemey was the deceased ' s opponent ) , it

    was agreed that each party should lire two shots . The deceased fired first ,-. and , missed . Barthelemey then attempted to fire ; but the pistol would not go off . A second attempt was then made to lire , but with the same result . Bartheleniey then wished to take to the swords , but M . Cournet would not do so , and actually gave up his pistol for Barthelemey to fire , but at first he refused , on the ground that his opponent had no weapon . Cournet insisted on his doing so , as it was his right to do . Again he ( Barthelemey ) wished to continue with swords , but again Cournet refused , and insisteu on his firing , which he at , length did , and the result is already known . It is therefore clear , beyond all doubt , that , so far from Cournet having been

    unfavourably dealt by , it is positive that Barthelemey had the pistol which was not discharged . It is also beyond all doubt that although Barthelemey ' s pistol would not go off , he did not for one moment suppose that anything improper took place with reference to it . After the statement made at the inquest with reference to the pistol being so plugged up with the rag , the countenance of Barthelemey , when this part of the evidence was given on Wednesday , was watched with the most intense interest ,-as it was fully expected there would be a great change in his countenance ; but so far from such being the case , he smiled , and appeared more at ease than at any other part of the inquiry .

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    THE FRENCH EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . The Moniteur _ of Sunday published a report addressed to the Minister of Marine by M . Bellot , the lieutenant in the French army who was authorised by his Government to join the expedition in . search of Sir John Franklin , and who has just returned to England in the Prince Albert . After giving a professional account of his voyage , M . Bellot says that on meeting with Sir E . Belcher on the 18 th of August , the superior equipment of his expedition rendered the assistance of the Prince Albert superfluous , and she therefore sailed for England on the 23 i'd . M . Bellot continues : —

    " From the heights of Beechey Island the route to the north and west seemed to be open . The winter was comparatively mild , and frequently windy , two conditions alike hostile to the formation of ice . The icebergs which , we met with in Lancaster Strait and Baffin ' s Bay proved by their unusual thickness that numerous inlets have this summer thrown off blocks of ice which have adhered to them for years . Everything , then , seems to promise brilliant success to this squadron , which numbers niany names famous in the English navy for energy and ability . If you desire ir , Monsieur le Ministrey I shall have the honour to address you a more detailed account of our expedition as soon as I shall have had time

    to arrange my notes , taken amidst incessant occupation . Mr . Kennedy was pleased in his despatch to the Admiralty , which has been re-produced by the English press , to describe in the most flattering terms the part which I took in this expedition in the . name of our " naval service . It is impossible for me not to recognise in that description the same kindly feeling which guided him throughout , the voyage , and the example of which animated the officers and i crew of the Prince Albert in their conduct towards me . Mayl be . permitted , M . le Ministre , to call your attention to this fact . I [

    should easily have forgotten that I was the first and only representa- - tive of the French nation in an arctic winter , but for the continued 1 attentions , the special marks of respect , which I can only attribute e to my quality as a French officer . The reception of Lady Franklin n and the Lords of the Admiralty , will ever render me proud of this is period of my career , if to these suffrages I can , Monsieur le Minis- 3-tre , join the certainty that I have answered your expectations , and d worthily maintained by my conduct the honour of the French , to . navy . "

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    Anecdote of Wellington . —The Banner of Ulster publishes the he subjoined characterstic letter of the late Duke of Wellington ; his lis 1 Grace ' s correspondent being a gentleman . residing near Belfast , who ho > at the time felt some chagrin at the style of the answer returned ed [ to his somewhat singular inquiry : — "Belfast , 17 th June , 1851 . — . — Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington . —May it please your Grace , ce „ —I have taken the liberty of requesting your opinion—Was Napoleon ; oni guilty or not of the murder of his prisoners at Jaffa , and if there ise iss any military law or circumstances which would justify the deed?—?—Yours respectfully , —J . H . " Reply : — " London , 23 rd June , 1851 . 151 ., —F . M . the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr . Mr . ' , H . He has also received Mr . H . ' s letter , and begs leave to informjrmi him he is : not the historian of the wars of the French republic inc in Egypt and Syria . "

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30101852/page/3/